One has to wonder if that might be a result from the Microsoft/Novel deal eh? I would surely love to know that and if anyone is installing other distros without issues with a final release Vista. On 4/17/07, Alan Dayley wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dazed_75 wrote: > > I have written a HowTo article on setting up Linux and Vista in a dual > > boot environment. While it used to be trivial for previous versions of > > Windows and remained easy with Vista through RC1, a change in the final > > release made dual booting Vista and Linux non-trivial. The article can > > be viewed here: > > http://www.svecc.com/Slug%20PDF/DualBootVista.pdf > > > > I was hoping to submit the article for review and use to the PLUG site > > as a PDF file. I looked over the site and the link to contribute seems > > to be broken. The Submit News link is there but I was not sure if it > > was the right place and when I closed that browser tab, I got a request > > (from the site?) to do something but was not able to as the tab closed. > > > > 1) Should I submit it and how? > > 2) Did I leave any undone business at the site with my failed attempt? > > 3) Any comments or suggestions for the article? > > Thanks for the article and the submission. I'll go check to see if > anything needs cleaning up, but I doubt it. The Downloads section is > nicely broken still. A significant annoyance. For now, please keep it > at the ready to offer to people when needed. If you cannot continue to > host it, the group can provide some place, as well as I would be happy > to do so. > > Very nice article! That took some time to research and document so > nicely. A superb contribution to the group and the community at large. > > As a counter-experience, I recently installed OpenSUSE 10.2 on my new > laptop that came pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic. Straight > out of the Toshiba box from Best Buy I had to do nothing special and the > Linux installer configured GRUB just fine. I have a coworker who bought > another Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium and installed the > same way, no issues. > > I do not repeat these stories to discount your hard won experience and > excellent document. I only point out that the problems you describe did > not happen to me, with an OEM install of Windows Vista. Either the > OpenSUSE 10.2 installer is smart enough to work around it or some > computer makers are installing Vista in such a way that it does not > cause the problem. Or, something else. ;^) > > Alan > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGJax4DQw/VSQuFZYRAh39AJ9EazkWkI6TcGl8Dy/KURerIZjB5QCeOnvV > 8fdM2sAskeCDqK+Tmwn39Ik= > =a0j9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss